Rehabilitation and Reentry Division
Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments (TCOOMMI)
The Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments (TCOOMMI) provides pre-release screening and referral to aftercare treatment services for special needs offenders releasing from correctional settings, local jails, or other referral sources. TCOOMMI contracts with Local Mental Health Authorities across the state to provide continuity of care services for persons on probation or parole by linking them with community based interventions and support services.
- Medically Recommended Intensive Supervision
- Eligible offenders may be considered for early release who pose minimal public safety risk, from incarceration to more cost effective alternatives.
- Mental Health Continuity of Care*
- Adult Case Management
- Adult Continuity of Care
- Jail Diversion
- Juvenile Probation Case Management
- TJJD Continuity of Care Services
- Medical Continuity of Care
- TCOOMMI staff may secure resources in the community for releasing offenders identified for special needs referrals and services.
- Wrongfully Imprisoned Program
- Provides case management services and linkages to medical, dental and mental health services as well as transitional services for those persons released from TDCJ custody who have served all or part of a sentence and were subsequently granted an actual finding of innocence by the courts.
*Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 16.22 provides for the Collection of Information Form for Mental Illness and Intellectual Disability to be provided to the Magistrate. During the 85th Legislature, SB 1326 required TCOOMMI to approve the form and the 86th Legislature required additional changes to the form through HB 601. Here is the updated 16.22 Collection of Information Form approved by TCOOMMI.
*During the 84th Legislature HB 1908 was passed which amended existing legislation regarding mental health continuity of care by adding delusional disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety disorder as well as any other diagnosed severe and persistent mental health disorder as categories to be served, subject to available resources and the extent feasible.
*During the 79th Legislature HB 2194 was passed requiring TCOOMMI to approve and make generally available in electronic format a standard form for use by experts in reporting competency examination results under Chapter 46B, Code of Criminal Procedure ยง46B.025. Here is the available format: WORD PDF